Machine for exhibiting wall-paper



(No Model.)

T. M. ROBERTSON. MACHINE FOR EXHIBITING WALL PAPER.

Patented Oct. 6, 1891.

U ITED STATES PATENT rmcE.

MACHINE FOR EXHIBITING WALL-PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 460,727, dated October 6, 1891.

Application filed December 12, 1890. Serial No. 374,476- (No model.)

To to whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THADDEUS M. ROBERT- soN, residing at Havana, in the county of Schuyler and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Machine for Exhibiting Wall-Paper and other Materials by Sample; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it 'appertains to make'and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings,in which Figure 1 represents said machine open and ready with samples attached. Fig. 2 is the binder opened showing the pins ready to receive the samples. Fig. 3 shows the hinge or manner of fastening the Various parts of the machine together.

The primary object of the invention is to furnish dealers with a cheap and convenient stand and binder for the purpose of exhibiting wall paper and other merchandise by Sample.

The invention has for its further object to dispense with the heavy cumbersome racks now used for that purpose.

To secure these ends I have constructed a light portable frame or stand, so constructed that when not in use it may be folded to-.

gether and placed in very small space. When opened ready for exhibiting goods my invention consists of a double frame connected at the top and spreading at the bottom, combined with a table so fastened to the top of said double frame that it may be let down against the back of said frame, or may be raised to a horizontal position and held there by means of a wire brace resting in hooks or brackets fastened to the inside of the back frame.

Attached to the top of the front frame is the binder, Fig. 2, which is so fastened that it may be removed at will and replaced, if desired, by another. The object of making this binder detachable is to enable a merchant to have samples made up of his entire stock and exhibit them, if he so desires, on a single stand.

The further object of this binder is to allow the removal or replacing of any sample Without interfering with the others.

To secure these ends I have constructed and combined the various parts of my machine as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The frames maybe made of wood or metal. (See Fig. 1, a and B.) The table 0, Fig. 1, may be-constructed of wood, metal, or other material. These parts are so constructed that at the top of eachis a rod b, extending beyond the uprights, and all are fastened together by means of a plate of brass or other metal at each end 0 c, Fig. 3, to which they are attached by screws or otherwise, as at t', Fig. 3.

Fig. 2 shows the binder detached from the stand and opened, and is constructed as follows: A is a box of wood or other material opened on the lower side and having the top A either loose or attached by means of hinges or otherwise, so that it may be opened at will. Fastened to or extending from the bottom of said box or binder are two or more pins or spindles e, of a length sufficient to press against or slightly penetrate the cover when binder is closed. The object of the pins or spindles is to receive and firmly hold the samples in place. The cover when closed is firmly held in position by catches or small hooks f.

Near the top of the front frame or legs on each side is a pin or bracket 'g, so arranged that it will either penetrate the back of the binder, holes being made in the back of the binder for that purpose, or the binder may rest upon the brackets, in either case the binder to be drawn back and firmly held against the frame by means of hooks or catches used for that purpose, as shown at d, Fig. 1.

The wire or brace for holding the table in position D, Fig. 1, is a continuous brace or wire attached to or penetrating the' sides of the table and resting, when raised, 'in hooks or other receptacles h, for that purpose placed on the inside of back frame or legs.

To prevent the frames or legs of the stand from spreading too far, I have connected them with a small chain of proper length, although a string, small rope, or a slide might be used, if so desired, as at E, Fig. 1.

Having described my invent-ion, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combined stand and binder for displaying samples of wall-paper, consisting of the frames a and B, hinged to each other at their In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in top ends, and swinging leaf or table 0, hinged presence of two Witnesses. to the top 0E the frames, as shown, brace D for supporting the table in its elevated posi- TI-IADDEUS M. ROBERTSON. 5 tion, and binder A,1'en1ov2tbly secured at the top edge of the frame a and adapted to hold Witnesses: samples of Wall-paper, substantially as and HOLLIS U. ROBERTSON, for the purposes specified. EDWIN A. BULLARD. 

